1983–84 Washington Capitals season

1983–84 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Patrick
Conference4th Wales
1983–84 record48–27–5
Home record26–11–3
Road record22–16–2
Goals for308
Goals against226
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachBryan Murray
CaptainRod Langway
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaCapital Centre
Team leaders
GoalsMike Gartner (40)
AssistsDave Christian (52)
PointsMike Gartner (85)
Penalty minutesScott Stevens (201)
Plus/minusBengt-Ake Gustafsson (+29)
WinsAl Jensen (25)
Goals against averagePat Riggin (2.67)

The 1983–84 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals tenth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They qualified for the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders 80 50 26 4 357 269 104
80 48 27 5 308 226 101
Philadelphia Flyers 80 44 26 10 350 290 98
New York Rangers 80 42 29 9 314 304 93
New Jersey Devils 80 17 56 7 231 350 41
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 16 58 6 254 390 38

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

Regular season

1983–84 game log[3]
October: 5–7–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 4–4–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 6, 1983 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 0–1–0
2 L October 8, 1983 7–8 OT New York Islanders (1983–84) 0–2–0
3 L October 9, 1983 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 0–3–0
4 L October 13, 1983 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 0–4–0
5 L October 14, 1983 0–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 0–5–0
6 L October 16, 1983 2–4 Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 0–6–0
7 L October 19, 1983 0–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 0–7–0
8 W October 22, 1983 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 1–7–0
9 W October 25, 1983 1–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 2–7–0
10 W October 26, 1983 2–0 @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 3–7–0
11 W October 29, 1983 6–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 4–7–0
12 W October 30, 1983 7–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 5–7–0
November: 6–6–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 1–5–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
13 L November 2, 1983 3–11 @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 5–8–0
14 W November 4, 1983 5–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 6–8–0
15 W November 6, 1983 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 7–8–0
16 L November 9, 1983 4–7 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 7–9–0
17 W November 12, 1983 7–4 New York Rangers (1983–84) 8–9–0
18 L November 13, 1983 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 8–10–0
19 L November 16, 1983 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 8–11–0
20 W November 18, 1983 7–1 New York Islanders (1983–84) 9–11–0
21 L November 19, 1983 2–6 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 9–12–0
22 T November 23, 1983 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 9–12–1
23 W November 25, 1983 3–1 New York Rangers (1983–84) 10–12–1
24 W November 26, 1983 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 11–12–1
25 L November 29, 1983 3–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 11–13–1
December: 7–6–1 (home: 5–3–0; road: 2–3–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
26 W December 1, 1983 8–4 New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 12–13–1
27 T December 2, 1983 2–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 12–13–2
28 L December 4, 1983 1–4 Boston Bruins (1983–84) 12–14–2
29 L December 7, 1983 5–7 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 12–15–2
30 W December 8, 1983 4–3 Calgary Flames (1983–84) 13–15–2
31 W December 10, 1983 2–0 Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 14–15–2
32 L December 15, 1983 4–9 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 14–16–2
33 W December 17, 1983 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 15–16–2
34 W December 18, 1983 5–0 Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 16–16–2
35 L December 22, 1983 1–6 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 16–17–2
36 W December 23, 1983 7–3 New York Islanders (1983–84) 17–17–2
37 L December 26, 1983 4–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 17–18–2
38 L December 28, 1983 2–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 17–19–2
39 W December 31, 1983 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 18–19–2
January: 9–2–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
40 T January 2, 1984 2–2 OT New York Rangers (1983–84) 18–19–3
41 W January 5, 1984 5–1 St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 19–19–3
42 L January 7, 1984 2–4 Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 19–20–3
43 W January 8, 1984 7–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 20–20–3
44 W January 11, 1984 4–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 21–20–3
45 W January 13, 1984 6–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 22–20–3
46 L January 15, 1984 2–3 @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 22–21–3
47 W January 17, 1984 8–3 Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 23–21–3
48 W January 20, 1984 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 24–21–3
49 W January 21, 1984 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 25–21–3
50 T January 25, 1984 2–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 25–21–4
51 W January 27, 1984 6–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 26–21–4
52 W January 28, 1984 8–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 27–21–4
February: 9–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
53 W February 2, 1984 2–0 @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 28–21–4
54 W February 3, 1984 4–1 Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 29–21–4
55 W February 5, 1984 9–2 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 30–21–4
56 W February 8, 1984 6–1 Calgary Flames (1983–84) 31–21–4
57 W February 11, 1984 6–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 32–21–4
58 W February 13, 1984 4–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 33–21–4
59 W February 16, 1984 4–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 34–21–4
60 W February 18, 1984 4–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 35–21–4
61 L February 19, 1984 3–4 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 35–22–4
62 L February 22, 1984 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 35–23–4
63 L February 25, 1984 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 35–24–4
64 W February 26, 1984 4–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 36–24–4
65 L February 28, 1984 2–3 Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 36–25–4
March: 11–2–1 (home: 7–2–1; road: 4–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
66 W March 1, 1984 9–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 37–25–4
67 W March 3, 1984 5–1 New York Rangers (1983–84) 38–25–4
68 W March 5, 1984 5–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 39–25–4
69 W March 7, 1984 4–2 Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 40–25–4
70 W March 9, 1984 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 41–25–4
71 W March 11, 1984 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 42–25–4
72 T March 14, 1984 3–3 OT New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 42–25–5
73 W March 17, 1984 2–1 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 43–25–5
74 L March 18, 1984 3–5 St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 43–26–5
75 W March 21, 1984 5–1 Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 44–26–5
76 W March 24, 1984 6–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 45–26–5
77 W March 25, 1984 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 46–26–5
78 W March 28, 1984 6–2 New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 47–26–5
79 L March 31, 1984 1–3 New York Islanders (1983–84) 47–27–5
April: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
80 W April 1, 1984 4–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 48–27–5

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs
1984 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Patrick Division Semifinals vs (P3) Philadelphia Flyers: Washington won 3–0
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap
1 April 4 Philadelphia 2–4 Washington Capital Centre 1–0
2 April 5 Philadelphia 2–6 Washington Capital Centre 2–0
3 April 7 Washington 5–1 Philadelphia Spectrum 3–0
Patrick Division Finals vs (P1) New York Islanders: NY Islanders won 4–1
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap
1 April 12 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders Nassau Coliseum 1–0
2 April 13 Washington 4–5 NY Islanders OT Nassau Coliseum 1–1
3 April 15 NY Islanders 3–1 Washington Capital Centre 1–2
4 April 16 NY Islanders 5–2 Washington Capital Centre 1–3
5 April 18 Washington 3–5 NY Islanders Nassau Coliseum 1–4

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Gartner RW 80 40 45 85 90 22 8 0 7
Dave Christian RW 80 29 52 81 28 26 9 0 6
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 69 32 43 75 16 29 8 0 5
Bobby Carpenter C 80 28 40 68 51 0 8 0 5
Alan Haworth C 75 24 31 55 52 14 7 0 5
Craig Laughlin RW 80 20 32 52 69 4 7 0 3
Larry Murphy D 72 13 33 46 50 12 2 0 2
Scott Stevens D 78 13 32 45 201 26 7 0 2
Doug Jarvis C 80 13 29 42 12 7 0 2 0
Bobby Gould RW 78 21 19 40 74 -2 4 0 4
Gaetan Duchesne LW 79 17 19 36 29 15 3 2 1
Glen Currie C 80 12 24 36 20 9 0 2 2
Rod Langway D 80 9 24 33 61 14 1 2 2
Bryan Erickson RW 45 12 17 29 16 10 4 0 2
Darren Veitch D 46 6 18 24 17 0 4 0 0
Timo Blomqvist D 65 1 19 20 84 17 0 0 0
Dave Shand D 72 4 15 19 124 23 0 0 0
Chris Valentine C 22 6 5 11 21 -8 2 0 1
Peter Andersson D 42 3 7 10 20 12 2 0 0
Greg Adams LW 57 2 6 8 133 1 0 0 0
Gary McAdam LW 24 1 5 6 12 0 0 0 1
Greg Theberge D 13 1 2 3 4 -4 1 0 0
Gary Sampson LW 15 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0
Brian Engblom D 6 0 1 1 8 -4 0 0 0
Paul MacKinnon D 12 0 1 1 4 -7 0 0 0
Dean Evason C 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Lou Franceschetti RW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Andre Hidi LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Houston RW 4 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Al Jensen G 43 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
Bob Mason G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Parro G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin G 41 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Al Jensen 2414 43 25 13 3 117 2.91 4
Pat Riggin 2299 41 21 14 2 102 2.66 4
Bob Mason 120 2 2 0 0 3 1.50 0
Dave Parro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team: 4834 80 48 27 5 222 2.76 8

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Mike Gartner RW 8 3 7 10 16 2 0 0
Dave Christian RW 8 5 4 9 5 1 0 0
Scott Stevens D 8 1 8 9 21 1 0 0
Craig Laughlin RW 8 4 2 6 6 1 0 3
Alan Haworth C 8 3 2 5 4 1 0 0
Bryan Erickson RW 8 2 3 5 7 1 0 0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 5 2 3 5 0 2 0 0
Doug Jarvis C 8 2 3 5 6 0 0 0
Rod Langway D 8 0 5 5 7 0 0 0
Bobby Carpenter C 8 2 1 3 25 1 0 0
Gaetan Duchesne LW 8 2 1 3 2 0 0 1
Larry Murphy D 8 0 3 3 6 0 0 0
Bobby Gould RW 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Glen Currie C 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gary Sampson LW 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Peter Andersson D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Al Jensen G 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dave Shand D 8 0 1 1 13 0 0 0
Darren Veitch D 5 0 1 1 15 0 0 0
Greg Adams LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Timo Blomqvist D 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Lou Franceschetti RW 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Andre Hidi LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Al Jensen 258 6 3 1 14 3.26 0
Pat Riggin 230 5 1 3 9 2.35 0
Team: 488 8 4 4 23 2.83 0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1983 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
4 75 Tim Bergland  United States Thief River Falls High School (USHS-MN)
5 95 Martin Bouliane  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
7 135 Dwaine Hutton  Canada Kelowna Wings (WHL)
8 155 Marty Abrams  Canada Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)
9 175 Dave Cowan  United States Washburn High School (USHS-MN)
10 195 Yves Beaudoin  Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
11 215 Alain Raymond  Canada Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
11 216 Anders Huss  Sweden Gävle (Sweden)

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1983-84 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  4. ^ "1983-84 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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